A reading list from C.S. Lewis

[Steve Hayes]

Brenton Dickieson's blog "A Pilgrim in Narnia" is one of the more
frequently clicked links on my blogroll, because he always has
interesting things to say about C.S. Lewis and the other Inklings.

In one of his posts I recently looked at he had abstracted a reading
list from C.S. Lewis's essay "An Experiment in Criticism", which must
have been quite a bit of work because, as he notes, "An Experiment in
Criticiam" has neither an index nor a bibliography.

"Lewis is one of the most widely read people I have ever encountered
in history. He devoured books, which were his lifelong love and the
foundation of his work as a scholar and writer. His own books are
layered with hundreds of the great books of history hidden within the
images, words, and stories. Even Narnia–especially Narnia, perhaps–is
soaked through with echoes from mythology, children’s fiction, the
poets, Arthurian tales, and the Bible. Not just these books, but their
fictional worlds too. Even the world of Sherlock Holmes is connected
with our early Narnian heroes."

You can read it all here (and how many of the works listed have you
read?):

https://apilgriminnarnia.com/2016/08/04/a-canon-listcsl/

[John W Kennedy]

Post by Steve Hayes
Brenton Dickieson's blog "A Pilgrim in Narnia" is one of the more
frequently clicked links on my blogroll, because he always has
interesting things to say about C.S. Lewis and the other Inklings.
In one of his posts I recently looked at he had abstracted a reading
list from C.S. Lewis's essay "An Experiment in Criticism", which must
have been quite a bit of work because, as he notes, "An Experiment in
Criticiam" has neither an index nor a bibliography.
"Lewis is one of the most widely read people I have ever encountered
in history. He devoured books, which were his lifelong love and the
foundation of his work as a scholar and writer. His own books are
layered with hundreds of the great books of history hidden within the
images, words, and stories. Even Narnia–especially Narnia, perhaps–is
soaked through with echoes from mythology, children’s fiction, the
poets, Arthurian tales, and the Bible. Not just these books, but their
fictional worlds too. Even the world of Sherlock Holmes is connected
with our early Narnian heroes."
You can read it all here (and how many of the works listed have you
https://apilgriminnarnia.com/2016/08/04/a-canon-listcsl/

He gives the impression of having memorized every book published in
Britain in the 16th century, and every allegory published anywhere in
Europe between Prudentius and Spenser.

[Steve Hayes]

On Sun, 21 May 2017 18:33:35 -0400, John W Kennedy

Post by John W Kennedy

Post by Steve Hayes
Brenton Dickieson's blog "A Pilgrim in Narnia" is one of the more
frequently clicked links on my blogroll, because he always has
interesting things to say about C.S. Lewis and the other Inklings.
In one of his posts I recently looked at he had abstracted a reading
list from C.S. Lewis's essay "An Experiment in Criticism", which must
have been quite a bit of work because, as he notes, "An Experiment in
Criticiam" has neither an index nor a bibliography.
"Lewis is one of the most widely read people I have ever encountered
in history. He devoured books, which were his lifelong love and the
foundation of his work as a scholar and writer. His own books are
layered with hundreds of the great books of history hidden within the
images, words, and stories. Even Narnia–especially Narnia, perhaps–is
soaked through with echoes from mythology, children’s fiction, the
poets, Arthurian tales, and the Bible. Not just these books, but their
fictional worlds too. Even the world of Sherlock Holmes is connected
with our early Narnian heroes."
You can read it all here (and how many of the works listed have you
https://apilgriminnarnia.com/2016/08/04/a-canon-listcsl/

He gives the impression of having memorized every book published in
Britain in the 16th century, and every allegory published anywhere in
Europe between Prudentius and Spenser.

I suppose that made him something of an expert on allegory, and
therefore competent to write about it, as he did here:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250367.The_Allegory_of_Love


and this:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/274858.English_Literature_in_the_Sixteenth_Century

I've often found that I've read books for one purpose, and having read
them, cite them in a different context.

[Paul S. Person]

On Sun, 21 May 2017 18:33:35 -0400, John W Kennedy

Post by John W Kennedy

Post by Steve Hayes
Brenton Dickieson's blog "A Pilgrim in Narnia" is one of the more
frequently clicked links on my blogroll, because he always has
interesting things to say about C.S. Lewis and the other Inklings.

<snippo>

Post by John W Kennedy

Post by Steve Hayes
You can read it all here (and how many of the works listed have you
https://apilgriminnarnia.com/2016/08/04/a-canon-listcsl/

He gives the impression of having memorized every book published in
Britain in the 16th century, and every allegory published anywhere in
Europe between Prudentius and Spenser.

Such are the rigors of scholarship in the top tier.
The rest of us may take an interest, but are merely amateurs.